“The measures announced by the prime minister cannot embellish the unjust economic policy of the government implemented over the last six years,” the PASOK-Maching Post-Communication Department said in a statement.

As it is emphasized: “It is an undisputed witness that the dividend of any development for six years has no tangible effect on the well -being of society and the reduction of inequalities. According to recent ELSTAT data, 19.6% of the Greek people possessed poverty, when the corresponding figure in 2019 was 17.9%.

The surplus overpayment for which the government is celebrating was not created by any radical change in the country’s productive model. On the contrary, it is due to the tax bleeding of the middle strata and the most vulnerable that suffer the impact of the non -pricing of the income scale, as well as the incidence of inflation that inflates revenue from indirect taxes and in particular VAT.

The announcement of the return of a rent to tenants is not sufficient to intercept the acute housing crisis, the huge wave of rents and housing prices kneeling in the middle classes, the most vulnerable and younger generations. Government responsibilities are enormous for the cost of housing in our country, which compared to the real income available, is now at the top of Europe. Specifically, while the increase in housing prices in 2023 amounted to 13.9%, and to 8.7% in 2024, according to the Bank of Greece, the disposable income increased at a slower rate: 8.1% in 2023 and 5.6% in 2024.

As far as the measures for pensioners are concerned, government mockery continues. After the expensive Easter table, the prime minister attempted to “gold” the pill by announcing another allowance. But he made no mention of substantial reinforcement of their income, such as the EKAS reinforcement to the low -income pensioners, nor did he talk about the hundreds of thousands of retirees with a personal difference and the reform of the solidarity levy system.

The slight increase in the Public Investment Program by 500 million (0.2% of 2024 GDP) cannot be perceived as a encouraging development for the prospects for the growth of the Greek economy, given that in the last year there has been a decline in absolute terms of the relevant costs of the General Government.

PASOK has a reliable alternative plan to rebuild the Greek society and economy, in contrast to the Conservative policies of the New Democracy. A plan that responds in a progressive way to both the root of the housing problem and the need to boost pensioners’ income. “